Department of Biology
ESC 350
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32569
Fax: (519) 746-0614
Affiliations
Thursday, December 23, 2010 — 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST
The Department of Biology will be closing as of 12 noon on Thursday, December 23rd and will re-open on Tuesday, January 4, 2011.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Investigating chloroplast arrangement in single cell, C4 photosynthetic species"
Supervisor: S. Chuong
Committee Members: B. Greenberg; F. Guinel (Wilfred Laurier University)
Thursday, December 16, 2010 — 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Title of Thesis: "The Effect of Nutrient and Peat Amedments for Oil Sands Reclamation Wetlands: A Microcosm Study"
Supervisor: D.G. Dixon
Committee Members: R.I. Hall; B. Warner (Earth Sciences); A. Farwell
Chair: B. Moffatt
Thursday, December 16, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Impact of Maternally Transferred Bisphenol A on Development and Growth in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhychus mykiss): Generational Effects and Epigenetic Modifications"
Supervisor: M. Vijayan
Committee Members: M. Servos; H. Engelhardt; J. Leatherland
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Title of Thesis: "Potential use of the Oncorhynchus mykiss checkpoint proteins Rad1 and Hus1as genotoxic biomarkers"
Supervisor: B. Dixon
Committee Members: N. Bols; B. Duncker
Chair: J. Witt
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 — 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Bacterial Chromosome Engineering for the Production of
Polyhydroxyalkanoates"
Supervisor: T. Charles
Committee Members: J. Neufeld; B. Reed
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: "Physiological Robotics: Heirarchical Organization in Artificial Neural Networks"
All are welcome!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 — 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Title of Proposal: Utilization of cellulose materials by Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonli"
Supervisor: K. Ma
Committee Members: O. Ward; B. McConkey
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 — 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Development of Sinorhizobium meliloti as a fermentation platform utilizing bioplastic accumulation as a proxy"
Supervisor: T. Charles
Committee Members: O. Ward; B. Butler
Monday, December 13, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Stress-Immune Interactions in Fish: Mechanisms and Nutritional Modulation"
Supervisor: M. Vijayan
Committee Members: B. Dixon; B. McConkey
Monday, December 13, 2010 — 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Title of Defence: "Microcystin in Ugandan Lakes: Production Dynamics, Accumulation in Fish, and Risk Evaluation"
Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert E. Hecky; Dr. Stephanie J. Guildford; Dr. William D. Taylor
Saturday, December 11, 2010 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Title of Defence: "Subcellular localization and protein-protein interactions of two methyl recylcing enzyes from Arabidopsis thaliana"
Supervisor: Dr. B. Moffatt
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 — 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST
This meeting if for faculty only.
Monday, December 6, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Examination of sodium arsenite - and cadmium chloride-induced hsp gene expression and proteasome activity in Xenopus laevis"
Supervisor: J. Heikkila
Committee Members: B. Glick; B. Dixon
Friday, December 3, 2010 — 6:30 PM to 11:59 PM EST
Location: Royal Room at the Golf's Steakhouse & Seafood
(598 Lancaster Street West, Kitchener, ON)
Cocktails: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:15 p.m.
Friday, December 3, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Praveen Nekkar
(Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Science, The School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: "Development of Agents to Treat Alzheimer's Disease (AD)"
[Host: Dr. D. Spafford]
All are welcome!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
(National Research Council Canada, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, ON)
Title of Presentation: "A framework for pursuing neuroprotection in cerebral
ischemia developed from a "Stroke in a dish" model"
[Host: Dr. John Mielke]
Refreshments will be available
All are welcome!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: "How graphic design can improve your science"
All are welcome!
Monday, November 29, 2010 — 9:45 AM to 12:15 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Ribose 5-phosphate isomerase, Ribulose epimerase and Transaldolase in Hyperthermophiles"
Supervisor: K. Ma
Committee Members: B. Glick; B. Butler
Friday, November 26, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
(Research Scientist, Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation Unit, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Trent University, Peterborough, ON)
Title of Seminar: "Applied conservation genetics: using genetic tools to assess biodiversity and conservation issues in exploited and endangered aquatic species"
[Host: Dr. B. Dixon]
All are welcome!
Friday, November 26, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Light refreshments in the Biology Lounge following the presentation (as part of the Biology Graduate Students Association Coffee Hour / Department Tumkur celebration).
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Presentation order will be:
- Sanjee Chawdhry
- Nicholas Fisher
- Ariana Marcassa
- Dana Safavian
- Samantha Shortall
- Steven Sauve
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Special session featuring short presentations by University of Waterloo Pharmacy Faculty
Refreshments will be available
All are welcome!
Speakers will include:
Dr. Praveen Nekkar - Rational drug design aided by molecular modeling techniques
Dr. Shawn Wettig - Design, synthesis, and characterization of novel surface active compounds ("surfactants") for applications in drug delivery